Monitoring is undertaken in Scottish Inshore Waters, using networks of volunteers and automatic recording equipment, as well as in Scottish Offshore Waters, using the MSS research vessels MRV Alba na Mara and MRV Scotia.

Marine Scotland Science also participates national monitoring programmes, such as:

UK Marine Monitoring and Assessment Strategy (UKMMAS)

UK Marine Environmental Change Network (MECN)

UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (MEDIN)

This group provides published data from monitoring these activities. For many activities, there are national or international standards for how the monitoring is undertaken.

Monitoring

Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Vol 7 No 26
This report is comprised of three parts: Part 1- Executive Summary, Part 2
–Description of Scotland’s Coastal Monitoring Sites, Part 3 - Appendices.
MSS has been monitoring the physics, chemistry...

This data set comprises the monitoring data collected as part of the Scottish
Coastal Observatory. Data used in the report are monthly averages, with full
reoslution data being published separately in other datasets.